Thornycroft type destroyer leader
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The Thornycroft type leader or Shakespeare class were a class of five destroyer leaders designed by John I. Thornycroft & Company and built by them at Woolston, Southampton for the Royal Navy towards the end of World War I. They were named after historical naval leaders. Only Shakespeare and Spenser were completed in time for wartime service. The other three were completed after the war, Broke and Keppel after being towed to Royal dockyards for completion, and two further ships – Saunders and Spragge – were cancelled. The function of a leader was to carry the flag staff of a destroyer flotilla, therefore they were enlarged to carry additional crew, offices and signalling equipment, allowing a fifth gun to be carried. These ships were very similar to the Admiralty type leader, but had Thornycroft design characteristics, the most noticeable being the broad, slab-sided funnels.
1917 — 1945
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Shakespeare-class flotilla leader
speed 36 knot,
John I. Thornycroft & Company, Royal Navy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
HMS Broke, HMS Keppel, HMS Shakespeare, HMS Spenser, HMS Wallace,
- Dreadnought Project page@
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HMS Keppel ⓘ
1920 Thornycroft type destroyer leader -
HMS Shakespeare ⓘ
1917 Thornycroft type destroyer leader -
HMS Wallace ⓘ
1918 Thornycroft type destroyer leader -
HMS Spenser ⓘ
1917 Thornycroft type destroyer leader -
HMS Broke ⓘ
1920 Thornycroft type destroyer leader
Collections of the Imperial War Museum Q20199
Study of HMS 'Shakespeare' from astern, alongside a quay RMG PV2692
FREE CIGARETTES FOR THE NAVY. 19 MARCH 1942, ON BOARD THE DESTROYER HMS WALLACE AT ROSYTH. BECAUSE OF THE GENEROSITY OF THE MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF THE OVERSEAS LEAGUE, THE TOBACCO FUND WAS ABLE TO SUPPLY THE NA A8001
HMS Wallace 1942 IWM FL 10546| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| link | page | Dreadnought Project page@ | Wikidata | ||
| object | watercraft | HMS Keppel | destroyer, Thornycroft type destroyer leader | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | HMS Shakespeare | Thornycroft type destroyer leader, destroyer | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | HMS Wallace | destroyer, Thornycroft type destroyer leader | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | 1917 | HMS Spenser | flotilla leader, Thornycroft type destroyer leader | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1925 | HMS Broke | Thornycroft type destroyer leader, destroyer, shipwreck | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Collections of the Imperial War Museum Q20199 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Study of HMS 'Shakespeare' from astern, alongside a quay RMG PV2692 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | FREE CIGARETTES FOR THE NAVY. 19 MARCH 1942, ON BOARD THE DESTROYER HMS WALLACE AT ROSYTH. BECAUSE OF THE GENEROSITY OF THE MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF THE OVERSEAS LEAGUE, THE TOBACCO FUND WAS ABLE TO SUPPLY THE NA A8001 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | HMS Wallace 1942 IWM FL 10546 | Commons | ||
